On September 2, 2009, Kamble told CID that he had been given cocaine by Kenjale at Salil’s house which they later showed as recovery from his (Salil’s) residence. A fortnight later he said that his statement was recorded under pressure.

Kenjale had written to the Additional Secretary (Home) complaining about the CID chief S P S Yadav. The government then directed Anti-Terrorism Squad chief K P Raghuvanshi to supervise the investigation.

Rajendra was arrested for allegedly planning the murder of rival builder Rashmikant Shah. While Juhu police claimed that Rajendra had hired four shooters to kill Shah, Rajendra alleged that the policemen had framed him. A subsequent CID inquiry found Rajendra’s allegations to be true. The findings led to the suspension of several policemen including the then Additional Commissioner of police Bipin Bihari and Senior Police Inspector Juhu police station, Pradeep Shinde. All policemen were later reinstated, except Bihari, for lack of evidence.

When asked if such cases were a witch-hunt exercise, former Mumbai commissioner of police M N Singh said: “In the previous matter, there seemed to be a motive. Both builders were fighting over a piece of land. In the current case, there is no apparent reason why Salil would have been framed.”

Former IPS officer, Y P Singh said “Courts act on the basis of evidence presented, so there is no question of witch hunting.”